Will 315's fit on a 10inch wide wheel? Pics?
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RE: Will 315's fit on a 10inch wide wheel? Pics?
People safely get away with
Half an inch out of spec isn't a guaranteed, right-now,pass-fail kind of thing. But you are giving away some unknown amount out of the margin of safety against things such as underinflation, overloading, heat, tire structural flexing, where in the sidewall the heat and flexing concentrates, extended high speed driving, hard cornering, curb strikes, potholes, etc. And those are just the things I could think of as fast as I could type them.
Arguments like
unless I knew that there are people out there who are running it without any problems
It's been a while since I actually had a conversation about this wheel/tire width relationship issue with an honest-to-goodness tire company technical representative.
Norm
#12
10inch
Get away with it, yes, though I could question just how 'safely'.
Half an inch out of spec isn't a guaranteed, right-now,pass-fail kind of thing. But you are giving away some unknown amount out of the margin of safety against things such as underinflation, overloading, heat, tire structural flexing, where in the sidewall the heat and flexing concentrates, extended high speed driving, hard cornering, curb strikes, potholes, etc. And those are just the things I could think of as fast as I could type them.
Arguments like
have about the same merit as the teen-aged whining that goes something like "everybody else is doing that". Doesn't make it technically correct.
It's been a while since I actually had a conversation about this wheel/tire width relationship issue with an honest-to-goodness tire company technical representative.
Norm
Half an inch out of spec isn't a guaranteed, right-now,pass-fail kind of thing. But you are giving away some unknown amount out of the margin of safety against things such as underinflation, overloading, heat, tire structural flexing, where in the sidewall the heat and flexing concentrates, extended high speed driving, hard cornering, curb strikes, potholes, etc. And those are just the things I could think of as fast as I could type them.
Arguments like
have about the same merit as the teen-aged whining that goes something like "everybody else is doing that". Doesn't make it technically correct.
It's been a while since I actually had a conversation about this wheel/tire width relationship issue with an honest-to-goodness tire company technical representative.
Norm
#13
Here is something to consider. not all 315's are the same width.
http://ls1tech.com/forums/attachment...ear-315-17.jpg
I have 315's on 10.5's
http://ls1tech.com/forums/attachment...ear-315-17.jpg
I have 315's on 10.5's
#14
Here is something to consider. not all 315's are the same width.
http://ls1tech.com/forums/attachment...ear-315-17.jpg
I have 315's on 10.5's
http://ls1tech.com/forums/attachment...ear-315-17.jpg
I have 315's on 10.5's
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I have no problem believing both those tires are listed as 315 tires.
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